The Markets.

Finally made it to computer alley, and I have to say that it is a little bigger than the back lanes back home. I am happy to say that I did blow the budget on electronics that I will have to send back as "Gifts" to Canada. In fact, I was a little shocked that the stuff we had in Canada was cheaper and had just as many bells and whistles. I hear that Japan is the place for really cool stuff, I will have to check out the airport on my way through.

As a law abiding citizen I was also pretty impressed with their ticket and towing system. First, I noticed this white tow-truck stop and back-up. Then I saw a woman running, (they patiently waited, but she was only going to a scooter), so they went into action. I think there was a pit crew of at least two, but there could have been more. In the span of 40 seconds, they photographed, ticketed, and towed the offending vehicle. I kept waiting to see if someone would rush out and try to save their illegally parked car. I guess if you really want to see the rush of the crowds, you have to follow around the truck with a crane attachment, (these guys go after the scooters).

It is true that you can buy anything at the weekend flea market. I don't know where they get all this stuff, (Mike, Andrew?), but they have a lot of it. If you were looking at buying a corded set of power tools this is the place. Hey, who doesn't need a Dewalt reciprocating saw, and a circular saw or two. Of course the saying about not needing it was completely accurate. One thing we were looking for was a snake to fix the slow draining sink. We did find snakes, I think there was a cobra in a cage, but I did not stick around to see what they were doing with it, "Snake Wine", no thanks. However, since we did not find a plumbing snake, we had to make do with the tools we already had, and guess what, the sink drains quicker.

Don't think this has been a giant, shop, shop, shopping trip. We did manage to find some time to travel to the coast and see the Strait, and some container ships. I am not sure, but I think one wave looks like any other wave, (my camera was unable to get threes complete pictures for a landscape shot). Oh yeah, another rookie mistake. At some point, I must have turned down the quality on my camera since I was only getting 1MB pictures, I may have to return to the coast and flea market one more time.